Science & Scripture

Wisdom of Solomon

passages

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Deuterocanon · passages in Wisdom of Solomon compared with current science.

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• Human pregnancy lasts ten months.

  Wisdom of Solomon 7:2

  What it means: Human pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks, which is about 9 months and 1 week by the modern calendar.

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• A wooden boat was navigated through a worldwide flood guided by an abstract concept rather than seamanship.

  Wisdom of Solomon 10:4 · Wisdom of Solomon 14:6

  What it means: Navigating a boat through a global flood covering all land would face problems that no amount of wisdom solves.

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• A region exists where the land perpetually smokes, fruit trees never ripen, and a human body was permanently transformed into a pillar of salt that still stands as a monument.

  Wisdom of Solomon 10:7

  What it means: The Dead Sea region does have unusual geological features: bitumen seeps, sulfur deposits, and salt formations — including pillar-shaped ones.

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• A large body of seawater once split apart to create a dry path across the seafloor, then closed again after people crossed.

  Wisdom of Solomon 10:18-19

  What it means: The Red Sea at its narrowest point (the Strait of Tiran) is about 13 km wide and up to 1,850 meters deep.

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• Drinkable water can be extracted from solid rock by striking it, producing enough water to sustain an entire nation.

  Wisdom of Solomon 11:4

  What it means: Rocks can contain water — aquifers are underground rock layers saturated with water, and striking certain porous rocks like sandstone or limestone can release…

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